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Desperate Moves: NYTimes Reduces Labeling On Native Ads To Appease Brands
The New York Times has chosen the wrong path.In another demonstration that the management of the New York Times doesn't understand the importance of its readers' trust in editorial content, it has...
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The Risks In Native Advertising Subterfuge: The Loss Of Brand Identity And...
A brand's identity is unique.Native advertising has become the poster child of content marketing as companies try to raise awareness of their brands through promotional content that looks similar to...
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Businessweek Defends Silicon Valley And Its 'Bro' Culture
There's a lot of backlash out there around Silicon Valley and I think it's largely because of the hypocrisy in techies claiming to be changing the world yet they can't change anything in the very...
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A Nevada Developer Creates Fingerprint Wordpress Login
I recently received this note from Pablo at Secsign Technologies... It looks like an interesting application especially for the enterprise market where security is a never ending battle.
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There's No Free Lunch: Judge Halts $325m Settlement By Silicon Valley Giants...
Facebook HQ - Mark Zuckerberg refused to take part in illegal scheme against tech workers.Some of Silicon Valley's largest and most profitable companies are facing a serious setback in their attempt to...
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Tata Drives STEM Growth Across Silicon Valley And US Schools
Tata Consulting Services (TCS), employing more than 300,000 IT consultants, is celebrating the sixth year of its goIT student technology awareness program, which tries to build early awareness of...
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Strike Social Interview: 'Silicon Valley VCs Don't understand Advertising'
I had an interesting conversation with Patrick McKenna (above), CEO and co-founder of Strike Social, a Los Angeles based startup that focuses on Youtube-based advertising by large brands.The company is...
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Luca Penati Leaves Ogilvy Joins Weber Shandwick/Mediaco (EC=MC)
Luca Penati (above), a former senior executive at Ogilvy has joined Weber Shandwick as General Manager of its San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices. He spent 9 years at Ogilvy, mostly as Global...
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Multimedia Pioneer Marc Canter Launches ThingFace Venture For Authoring...
Marc Canter on stage and screen at a panel moderated by Dan Farber at the Mac 30 Anniversary event in January 2014.Marc Canter, a leading pioneer of multimedia technologies with his work at Macromedia...
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Intel Interns Compete In A Hackathon for Mathematics
Interns across Intel campuses in Arizona, California and Oregon participated in a two-day hackathon weekend, where the theme was “code for good.” Interns were tasked with creating a game that was both...
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CNET's 'Vexed in the City' Series Examines SF's Divisive Tech Boom
CNET's reporters have published a series of articles under the title "Vexed in the City" examining the pressures on housing and community caused by the expansion of San Francisco's population of tech...
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Uber Sleazy Tactics: Should Investors Teach Startups Ethics?
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Photo: JD LasickaCasey Newton in The Verge has a great story about how Uber, the San Francisco ride app startup, is trying to sabotage its rival Lyft by hiring people to call...
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Exclusive: Japanese Giant NTT's Stealthy Global Ambitions Via Silicon Valley
NTT Group senior strategist Tsunehisa Okuno outlines NTT's future.NTT Group, Japan's $112 billion communications giant, unveiled ambitious plans for expansion by leveraging its strengths in global...
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A Smart Bicycle Helmet Designed By Millennials
Intel Intern Aniket Borkar modeling the Smart HelmetStudents at Oregon State University and Intel interns collaborated 0n a smart helmet with life-saving features.By Intel Free PressFor the past half...
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NamePlace: Where Every Municipal Place Can Carry Your Name
NamePlace, founded by Lisa Padilla (above) CTO/CMO, and co-founder Ron Brown CEO, has come out of stealth mode with an interesting service aimed at helping thousands of cities in the US gather ad...
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Malwarebytes' CEO Is A Startup Veteran At 24
Google images of Marcin Kleczynski, CEO of Malwarebytes.Life is good for Marcin Kleczynski, from Chicago. At 24 years old, he recently raised $30 million for his anti-virus startup Malwarebytes, and he...
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Underground Cellar: A New Hybrid Startup? Clever Wine Marketing Boosts...
I recently met Jeffrey Shaw (above) , CEO of Underground Cellar, a startup focused on helping wineries sell wine online. He and his team has developed a great technology platform to allow wineries to...
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Tempting Techies Out Of Their Citadels - New Friday Night Market
There's a new mid-Market Street event starting Friday (Sept. 5) at 4pm across from Twitter's HQ (above). It might tempt the thousands of techies in the neighborhood (not just Twitter) to venture out...
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Wired's Steven Levy Starts Work On 'Tech Hub' For Medium
Steven Levy (center) introduced tech book publisher Tim O'Reilly at the 2014 Visionary Awards.I was on a Bulldog Reporter panel this morning with former Wired senior writer Steven Levy and he spoke...
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Friday Night Market On Mid-Market Street A Big Hit - Mayor And Supes Attend
The new Friday market on mid-Market Street was a big hit with hundreds of people enjoying drinks, food trucks, and shopping eclectic stalls on a warm autumn evening. Mayor Ed Lee and several...
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